Open letter to Phil Turin, secretary-treasurer, North Vancouver School District: Re: Sheila Keighron, HELL program, ° As a. tispaver subsidizing the public schoul systeny and the salaries of its teachers while my own children have sibse- quently been pliced in alter fate schooling, i centounds ‘me that the school board i vowilling to support and pr. (vide a venue thar would facili- tate a program such as the above. [tis no wonder we have so amuch dittculty. in our school system when there are people who are willing to give _of their time and energy to provide otherwise unavailable elp — and they are shut down because you, the school board, have decided they need to pay . esorbitant rent! From what, where and who, task) you? LeThis group is a non-profit . organization, OF 0). fave known Mrs. ~Keighron for six vears. She is “fill of energy and she is a hard- working involved member of ~society, She has struggled for “years to keep 3 roof over her board was no HELP head and feed her tour chil- dren. She created the HELP program because she belie in children and their nced fer self-esteem) and after-school assistance which is not other- wise provided to scudents She takes no monetary gratitication out of the program — and -- she could ne more afford to pay rent for school space than fly te the moon. $5,000 per ? Give them 3 break! The fack of information, insight) and appreciation in atime when parents have shoved down their throats that “the needs of the students’ come first,” reinforces the feel- ing of skepticism held by se Many parents towards the cur- rent public school system. Tt swems to me thar either the schoo! hoard is #norant of the needs of the stadgnts that are currently being met by an orgarazation such as BEELD, or ignorant or the organization and the services provided by a group cof dedicated people such as these. Where does it end — and how do vou expect our children to grew into trusting, caring, educated adults when the svstem keeps shutting them down every time something out of the ordinary comes along to pro- vide help? Get a urip, Mr. Secretary: treasurer. Get the school board educated on the HELD pro: gram and ters sce if we can really et the children come first! Beverly Collyer North Vancouver expressed by the school board Library fund boosted by News Dear Editor: On behalf of the North Vancouver District Public Library P want te thank vou fer the sup- port and promotion provided by the North Shore News during the lauich of the North Vancouver District Public Library Endowment Fund in late. September. The success of the event was due to the help of many community partners, including Speedy Pri ting Center, Deiany’s Coffee House, and the North Shore News. The features in the community news section and “Bright Lights” were valuable assets to our ability to get the message out to > Sony’s New the community. The endowment find has been established by. the fibrary beard in order to provide an _ additional option in Univing to the library and ‘its specific purpose is to enhance library vices in North Vancouver District. We consider the launch on Sept. 28 as a successful first step in this new fund-raising initiative, and we thank you again for such timely and effective cover: age. Mike Castle, Chair North: Vancouver Districe Public Library Board SONY Wednesday. Decernber 13, 2000 - North Shore Nowe -- 9 ANTIQUES & ESTATE JEWELLERY ” FRAMING & ART. 520 off Framing with this ad. (Min SY ankas Your Custom Framing Specialists _210-16th St, fat Bellecues, W. Van 925-9711 “Ran Osterpauer 746 Ski Rack North Vancouver 326 East Esplanade (east at Lonsdate} 987-7474 sagatienpe ras St, seast ot Royal Oak) 451-1504 ancauvar $345 W. Boulevare ansude Shykne Sports} 1069 i HS cota tic Screen Both 53” and 61" screen sizes deliver 3 : - extraordinary technologies to give you the: : best TV has to offer — _ 1080; High- -Defi nition: = display, Digitat Reality - Creation, ad? a Enhanced Widescreen. These superlative | features deliver razor sharp detait and ~ fall- resolution wide-screen ‘images without distortion: Reams Sen thaws esneentrted a (0. tha smage ates only! 7 Scans only i image area f r higher. resolution “;,¢ Results in Smoother, more detailed picture idee {yaevtoon 4 Lap. i jn *. we MILO PIPE |